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Re: sr.ht --- "sir hat" --- alternatives to Github

Richard Barnes <rlb@ipv.sx> Thu, 17 January 2019 20:43 UTC

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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:43:13 -0500
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Subject: Re: sr.ht --- "sir hat" --- alternatives to Github
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This hardly seems like a serious competitor, given that it doesn’t even
really seems to be a thing yet.

Also, a major reason for using Github is going where the audience is.  (The
social network effect mentioned in the article.)  Unless there were some
other serious projects using whatever alternative, it’s hard to see how it
would be compelling.

—RLB

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 13:52 Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca>
wrote:

>
> https://lwn.net/Articles/775963/ has an article about sr.ht.
> In particular, it says:
>
> As mentioned, sr.ht has not taken the approach of being yet another GitHub
> clone. Instead, it is geared toward a mailing-list-centric approach,
> possibly
> using the sr.ht mailing list component. The sr.ht-dev mailing list (seen
> at
> right) provides an example of the user interface for that component. Unlike
> some other forges or mailing-list replacements, it is not
> JavaScript-heavy—in
> fact, sr.ht uses no JavaScript at all, so pages are small (less than 10KB
> on
> average) and load quickly.
>
> -----
>
> I think that there may be many IETFers who will see some major advantages.
> JavaScript-free, component based, email focused.  Probably also software
> we can run ourselves.
>
> I haven't had time to try it yet (just signed up for an account), but I
> will
> put a draft or two on it, and see how I like it.
>
> --
> Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works
>  -= IPv6 IoT consulting =-
>
>
>
>

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